JAMB AS ANNOUNCES 2024 CUT-OFF MARK ON CONCLUSION of Policy MEETING

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   Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has announced the cut-off mark for 2024 admission into tertiary institutions.

This cut-off mark was announced after the JAMB Policy meeting analyzing the results of candidates’ performance in the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), including candidates with the highest score and institutions with the highest first choice application.

The policy meeting provides the avenue for admission exercise evaluation and formulation of admission guidelines for admissions into tertiary institutions for any academic session.

According to the board, the stakeholders expected at the policy meeting are heads of regulatory agencies such as the National Universities Commission (NUC), National Board for Technical Education (NBTE), National Council for Colleges of Education (NCCE), Heads of tertiary institutions in the country, and the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), among others.

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, upon conclusion of the policy meeting, approved 140 as the cut-off mark for 2024 admission into universities, 100 for polytechnics, and 100 for colleges of education.

However, individual institutions were permitted to raise their minimum benchmark approved at the policy meeting but were not allowed to go below what was approved for various institutions.

The policy meeting, chaired by the Minister of Education, Professor Tahir Mamman, was held following the successful conduct of the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).

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Further revision of the presented statistics shows a total of 1,989,668 registered candidates for 2024 UTME. Out of the 1,989,668 registered candidates, 80,810 were absent for the examination, while a total of 1,904,189 sat for the UTME within six days of the examination duration.

The Minister of Education also addressed the minimum age requirement for admissions into tertiary institutions following the protest after he decided for the benchmark entry age into tertiary institutions to 18 years.

According to the Minister of Education, this decision that only candidates who have reached 18 years be offered admissions will now take effect from 2025 admissions.

Before these changes, tertiary institutions are allowed to admit candidates who are 16 years of age into tertiary institutions for 2024 admission.

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